After a kick-off speech by Greg Pallesen, Vice President of the Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers, they entered the Congressman’s office one-by-one adding notes they had personalized to a large paper chain that grew-and-grew within his office. Each link on the chain read:

MAKE THE LINK, CONGRESSMAN!Oregonians need jobs, but Free Trade Agreements ship them overseas. Offshoring also reduces tax revenues, contributing to the state and city budget cuts that cause still further job loss. Please oppose the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements.

After people exited the office, they placed calls to Mr. Blumenauer’s DC office and other Members of Congress from the area.